Month: December 2023 Posts

Suspect caught on electricity pole tampering with Escom property

Dec 29, 2023 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

A 34-year-old man identified as Samson Ngalande has been arrested in Blantyre after Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) technicians found him on an electricity pole tampering with Escom property. A video shared on social… ...

Escom workers protest against 10% pay increase, demand 44%

Dec 07, 2023 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) are demanding a 44 percent pay increase, saying the 10 percent salary hike the company has implemented is unrealistic following the 44 percent devaluation of the Malawi Kwacha. Workers… ...

Malawi Government suspends 40.9 percent electricity hike

Dec 01, 2023 Mphatso Khutcha Richard 0 &

The Malawi Government has temporarily suspended the 40.9 percent electricity tariff which was implemented after the Reserve Bank of Malawi announced the 44 percent  devaluation of Malawi Kwacha. Speaking in Blantyre today,  Minister of Energy… ...

Government introduces Special Agriculture Electricity Tariff

Nov 25, 2023 Malawi News Agency (MANA) 0 &

Minister of Energy Ibrahim Matola has described the newly introduced special agriculture electricity tariff as an initiative anchored at facilitating and promoting agro-industrialisation in the country. Matola said this at Bingu International Convention Centre (BICC)… ...

Load shedding starts on Monday in Malawi

Nov 11, 2023 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) says power outages lasting over three hours per day will hit Malawi from Monday, 13 November to Sunday, 19 November, 2023. Escom has said this today in a statement… ...

Blackouts lasting 7 hours to hit Malawi this weekend

Oct 20, 2023 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) says people in the country should expect blackouts lasting at least 7 hours on Saturday and Sunday. Escom has said in a statement that the blackouts are due to… ...

Mera approves 50.8% electricity tariff hike

Sep 01, 2023 Mike Kalumbi 0 &

The Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (Mera) has approved a 50.8 percent electricity tariff hike. This was disclosed today at a press briefing in Lilongwe. Mera chief executive officer Henry Kachaje said the Mera board recommended… ...